Test 9 · Cards, banks and apps
Dad: "Need cash for the window cleaner, I'll get cashback at Tesco." What will he do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Tesco · What happens: need, get, do · To what, where: cash, cashback, Tesco
This is test 9 of lesson 7 «Cards, banks and apps» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Dad: "Need cash for the window cleaner, I'll get cashback at Tesco."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Need | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Need | punct |
| 4 | Need | need | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Dad | appos |
| 5 | cash | cash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Need | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 cleaner | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cleaner | det |
| 8 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cleaner | compound |
| 9 | cleaner | cleaner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cash | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 get | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 get | nsubj |
| 12 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 get | aux |
| 13 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 Need | conj |
| 14 | cashback | cashback | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 get | obj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 Tesco | case |
| 16 | Tesco | Tesco | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 get | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 Need | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Need | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need in a quote | infinitive | cash | for the window cleaner | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cash=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | future | I | cashback | Tesco | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent cashback=Theme at tesco=Asset |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What will he do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | future | Tesco | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ask the shop to pay the window cleaner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 shop | det |
| 3 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 pay | mark |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cleaner | det |
| 7 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cleaner | compound |
| 8 | cleaner | cleaner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pay | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the shop | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent shop=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | pay not said to happen | to-infinitive | the shop not said here | the window cleaner | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleaner=Asset |
Option 2
Borrow money from the cashier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borrow | borrow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Borrow | obj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 cashier | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cashier | det |
| 5 | cashier | cashier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Borrow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | borrow | imperative | you not said here | money | the cashier | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from cashier=Source |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Take his own cash out while paying for shopping
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 cash | nmod:poss |
| 3 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cash | amod |
| 4 | cash | cash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Take | compound:prt |
| 6 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 7 paying | mark |
| 7 | paying | pay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Take | advcl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 shopping | case |
| 9 | shopping | shopping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 paying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take out | imperative | you not said here | his own cash | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cash=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pay | gerund | you not said here | for shopping | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for shopping=Theme | ||||
| 3 | cash | his = he | nom cash «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Get a free twenty pounds from the shop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 pounds | det |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pounds | amod |
| 4 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 pounds | nummod |
| 5 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Get | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 shop | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 shop | det |
| 8 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | a free twenty pounds | the shop | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pound=Theme from shop=Source |
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